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Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula said Monday he and several other top members of the organization met with controversial guard Richie Incognito before agreeing to sign the player at the center of the Miami Dolphins' 2013 bullying scandal. "I personally met with Richie, along with Doug Whaley, Rex Ryan and Kim [Pegula] regarding an opportunity to earn a spot on the Buffalo Bills roster," Pegula said in a statement Monday announcing the signing of Incognito. "Obviously, we all discussed Richie's past experience in the NCAA and NFL." That was probably a pretty long conversation. As an All-Big 12 player at Nebraska, Incognito was accused of spitting on an...

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Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula said Monday he and several other top members of the organization met with controversial guard Richie Incognito before agreeing to sign the player at the center of the Miami Dolphins' 2013 bullying scandal.
"I...

So, he wasn't a three-and-out after all.
Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones announced on national television Thursday that he would return to school next season instead of declaring for the upcoming NFL draft.
Jones, a third-year sophomore who has...

Quarterback Marcus Mariota said after Oregon's loss to Ohio State in the title game Monday night that he has not decided about his future.
Mariota, a fourth-year junior, is eligible to declare for the National Football League draft.
Mariota said he will...

The show Monday night was forecast to draw the largest audience in cable television history. A 30-second advertising spot was going for as much $1 million.
The cause of all this attention: the first-ever College Football Playoff championship game.
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What Ohio State is attempting to pull off Monday night is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
The Buckeyes have not merely advanced to the first College Football Playoff title game with a third-string quarterback.
They actually think they can win it with a...

Rankman is flabbergasted Ohio State somehow pole-vaulted to No. 4 in the final Super 16 ranking, just as it did in the College Football Playoffs final ranking. There was only one way it could happen: a 59-0 win over Wisconsin with the Buckeyes'...

Kansas State's football team has a main concern as the Wildcats prepare to play UCLA in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2.
It's the same concern 12 other teams have experienced while preparing for the Bruins this season: His name is Brett Hundley.
Coach...

It will be the second appearance in the Alamodome for UCLA Coach Jim Mora and Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder when their teams meet in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2.
They had vastly different experiences on their last visits.
Snyder brought Kansas...

Exotic is not a word often used to describe anything from Manhattan, Kan. But UCLA Coach Jim Mora applied it to Kansas State's offense, calling it "more exotic than Arizona."
As a travel agent, that would be setting the bar low. As a...

Kansas State, once the doormat of the college football world, has so many postseason memories during Bill Snyder’s two stints as coach that they seem to blur.
The Wildcats, who play UCLA in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Jan. 2, have been to...

Former San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has signed a deal to become the new coach at Michigan, a person with knowledge of the discussions told the Associated Press on Monday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no formal...

THE HIGHS
• Last January, the Rose Bowl ushered out the Bowl Championship Series era with a terrific closing act. Florida State scored with 13 seconds left to cap an exciting victory over Auburn. The Rose Bowl played host to four national titles in the...

College football's future is bright but also perplexing. The sport has grown exponentially since the Bowl Championship Series began in 1998. The BCS was a train wreck to some but propelled the sport to a national brand as it served as a creaky bridge to...

UCLA can achieve back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time since 1997-98 by beating Kansas State in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Friday. The Times' Chris Foster takes a look at the matchups and story lines.
Bad resume
Kansas State defensive coordinator...

UCLA fell short of preseason expectations, but for the first time since 1997-98, the Bruins put together consecutive 10-win seasons.
The Bruins defeated Kansas State, 40-35, in the Alamo Bowl on Friday to finish 10-3 overall. They were 6-3 in Pac-12...

Although UCLA fell short of preseason expectations that included playing for the national title, the Bruins put together consecutive 10-win seasons for the first time since 1997-98 when they defeated Kansas State, 40-35, in the Alamo Bowl on Friday.
UCLA...